Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
NEWS OF THE BAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
A new elevated railroad is to be built in
New York.
The portion of Upper Marlboro, Md,
burned year ago has been almost entirely
rebuilt.
The civil service reform system is said to
work unsatisfactory 10 the New York po'
| lice department
The Russian universities, owing to the II
otous students, will not be opened until the
end of February.
Mr.. T. Harrison Garrett has erected to.
boggar slide at his country residence, in
Baltimore county.
Rev. LYMAN Abbott has been selected rs
pastor of Plymouth Church at the same sa!
airy paid Mr.. Beeoher.
Thomas Wallace. the celebrated young
| billiard expert, died yesterday at his home IN
Baltimore Of consumption. aged twenty.slx
years He was protege ofJacob Schaeffer's.
Part of the paraphernalia on the platform
| in Christmas entertainment in Methodist
church at Farbury, H., caught fire. caused
panic, and many persons were injured IN
the crush.
A furious snow storm and blizzard pre-
vailed in the Northwest last night. In Kan
sas, Iowa and Missouri the storm is said to
have ragged 6ercely. Railroads are blocked
By the snow.
Leading citizens of Augusta, Ga, were
the pail bearers of old Abel Wright, the col
orod jauitor for many years of st. Paul's
Church 10 that city, and the entire congl Q.
cation attended the obseqoies.
A dispatch from New York says Domi-
nick McCaffrey and Jack Dempsey have
signed articles to fight, at catch weights,
ten rounds, Marquis of Qneepsbury rules,
for 50, 600 and gate receipts, Jan. 81.
Missouri copper mines that have been idle
for two or three years are being operated,
ard valusb BILE bodies of ore are being opened
up Foreign capital has recently taken hold
ofsevera neglected mines.
Private letters received yesterday at the
New York Yacht Club contained the inform
alton that challenge for the Americas cup
is on its way over from England. 1t is I'M.
derstoGd that the challenging yacht is the
cutter Trek.
Mr.. w. w. Corcoran, the venerable Wash
| ington phi'an,hropist, celebrated bis birth
day yesterday, and entered upon his nine
tie,h year. He was the recipient of hume
| rous cjngratu atoms and kindly remem-
ORANGES from his hosts of friends.
Senator Sherman has publicly announced
his intention OF opposing the confirmation
of Mr. Lamar az Associate Justice OF the Su-
preme Court. II will do all | csD," he says,
ito prevent his confirmation. regret to
say. however. that fear my efforts will be
unsuccessful"
Mary Rollins. colored servant employ
cd by VIM II. BealI, at Washington, viii Q
carrying lighted lamp in her house Fri.
day night, fell in tit. The lamp broke, and
the flames set fire to her dress, causing her
to be badly burned about the body and
limbs. She was sent to the hospital, whore,
after lingering for twenty-four hours, she
died.
Steps have been taken to .annul the Bulk.
ley-Hillyer marriage, the parties to which
reside in Washington. The marriage cere.
mony was performed in Baltimore on the
Goth inst. the license for which was secured
By Mr.. Buckley, it ia ssid. falsely swearing
that be was twenty one years old. AS soon
as the ceremony was over the bride return
ed TO her parents, with whom she has been
ever since.
At debauch Monday night, at Exeter
borough, near Wes5 Pitiston, Pa, Ed. Nc
Mullen and Annie McMulien, and Bessie,
their daughter, became so intoxicated that
they went to sleep, leaving Bessie's daugh-
Ter, four years of age, in.the kitchen. The
to death. The flames communicated to the
house, aud the mother was fatally and the
others badly burned.